Fake Precious Metals

Amid the rising value of gold and silver, some people in China have been left disappointed by the existence of fake gold and fake silver, and these people acquired the fakes as far back as the 2010s. One of the best (and my top favourite) examples of fake precious metals would be bronze bars being coated with a layer of gold or silver to make them look like gold bars or silver bars.

The video below aims to expose the dark truth about the existence of counterfeit gold and silver:

Even if fake gold and silver ingots exist in many countries, these fakes are everywhere in China.

Ultimately, these counterfeiters will discard their fake gold and silver right before they get dragged away kicking and screaming to face judgment. While this doesn't really look like the imagery of the Ezekiel 7:19 prophecy about gold and silver being discarded into the streets, the idea of counterfeiters discarding their fake gold and silver in the face of justice coming to get rid of them invokes a terrifying similarity...

RuneScape 25th Anniversary Tribute

Who would have thought what began as a university project by Andrew Gower and his brothers Paul and Ian would become an icon of British pop culture? That's right. RuneScape, the British MMORPG that proved Pax Britannica isn't dead, but rather, had gone digital instead turns 25 today.

This tribute features a Saradomin Sword as well as a Rune Two-Handed Sword from Old School RuneScape, with the number 25 being made from Cosmic Runes. All of these items are associated with the RuneScape game and its 25-year long history. The Gower Brothers Andrew, Paul and Ian are all associated with transforming RuneScape from a university project named DeviousMUD into the MMORPG that we all know today.

Happy 25th Anniversary, RuneScape! Here's to another 25 years of adventures in Gielinor!

Wearing It Better 3

Leotards worn by my OC Turquoise in this comic, from left to right: Cattydox/Broadway (Player 1 Palette Swap) (Superior Soldiers/Perfect Soldiers), Cattydox/Broadway (Player 2 Palette Swap) (Superior Soldiers/Perfect Soldiers), Kitana (Mortal Kombat 2 Attire) (Mortal Kombat).

Cattydox, a.k.a. Broadway in the Japanese version, is a Brazilian leotard-clad fighter from Irem's Superior Soldiers (Perfect Soldiers in Japan). While the core part of Cattydox's strapless leotard is purple, the breast area is green for the Player 1 palette swap and vermillion for the Player 2 palette swap. The gloves and boots worn by Cattydox also follow the color schemes of the leotard's breast area, with Player 1 being green and Player 2 being vermillion as well.

While Kitana from the Mortal Kombat series has many different costumes throughout the history of the Mortal Kombat series, the leotard from Mortal Kombat 2 is iconic due to its nostalgic appeal. Maybe it's due to its simplicity in design terms.

Did Turquoise wear any of these leotards from arcade fighting game history better?

Positive Wishes for the Future

The AOL Instant Messenger Running Man finally makes his debut in Neo Retro Union along with the Lemming from Exient's version of Lemmings.

With 2025 drawing to a close, we all wish for 2026 to be an Annus Mirabilis. Unfortunately, this may not be possible. However, this cruel Age will finally end, and the wishes of the AOL Instant Messenger Running Man, the Lemming and Pac-Man will finally come true because there will be no such thing as a Splinternet (A Balkanized version of the World Wide Web), stupidity will no longer exist, which will make Dietrich Bonhoeffer happy since he claimed that stupidity is a far greater threat than malice, and the flavours of the fruits that we eat will be drastically improved as a result of agricultural authorities going back to Nature's Laws of soil enrichment. All of these positive wishes will finally come true when the Demon King is finally kicked off his throne forever and locked up in the Bottomless Pit for 1000 years.

Sword Wands United

Characters wielding sword wands, from top to bottom: Silviana (As she appeared in the Famicom Disk System version of Silviana), Silviana (Again) (As she appeared in the MSX version of Silviana), Sakura Kinomoto (Water Jester Swimming Costume (Anime Version)) (Cardcaptor Sakura).

Remember that comic about the sword wand? Well, the sword wand is back, and this time, it's going up in united arms.

There are actually two ports of the game Silviana by Pack-In-Video. The titular heroine is wearing different coloured versions of the same outfit. In the Famicom Disk System version, Silviana's gloves and shoulder plates are magenta. The MSX version, however, had different colours for Silviana's gloves and shoulder plates, with Silviana wearing white gloves and blue shoulder plates instead. Other than that, Silviana's dress looks almost identical in both the Famicom Disk System and MSX versions.

Sakura Kinomoto's Water Jester Costume comprises of a white water-resistant dress (transparent in the Manga), a blue swimsuit, a blue jester hat, a pair of blue gloves (also transparent in the Manga) and a pair of blue jester shoes. And speaking of the gloves, they are long enough to even cover the elbows.

Silviana and Sakura Kinomoto would look more awesome if they were wielding sword wands (Sakura had already done it before, she just needed another sword wand as a secondary weapon). After all, they need to rise up in united arms against all the injustices that are currently plaguing the Earth right now...

Birth Date Debunking

If there was any reason for those who want nothing to do with Christmas to continue in their refusal of celebrating Christmas, it's because Jesus Christ may not even be in it. How do we know? The clues have always been in the Bible.

The clues have always been in the Gospel of Luke. In Luke 2:1-4, Mary and Joseph went to Bethlehem to register in a Roman census. Such censuses were not taken in the Winter due to cold weather. In Luke 2:7-8, the shepherds were in the fields watching their flocks at the time of the birth of Jesus. The shepherds would have sought shelter for their flocks at night before the arrival of the Autumn rains. Therefore, the shepherds and their flocks were not in the fields during December because December in Israel is cold and rainy.

In conclusion, those who have a disdain for Christmas should continue on with their disdain, especially when those who really uphold their disdain for Christmas do not even say "Bah Humbug!"

The Most Severe Famine Imaginable

In the wake of draconian regulations such as the United Kingdom's Online Safety Act and Australia's prohibition of social media for Australians under 16, it is safe to say that we are getting closer to the day of the Amos 8:11 famine. This famine is not a famine of food or drink, but a famine of God's Word, and a famine of God's Word will be far worse than food and drink being out of reach...